expression / adjective:

• all bark and no bite; unable to live up to one's claims

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to be excited about; to get all worked up about

expression / ichidan verb:

• to cavil at a person's words; to use somebody's words to trip him up

~たる adjective:

• placed one upon another; piled up ［ちょうじょう］

~の noun / noun / interjection:

• excellent; splendid ［ちょうじょう］

noun / ~する noun:

• superimposition; superposition

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be true to one's name; to live up to one's reputation

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to make an appearance; to show up

godan ~る verb:

• to cancel (plans, etc.); to give up (on using) - colloquialism ➜ 没する

expression / ichidan verb:

• to gain knowledge; to build up one's knowledge

noun:

• being unable to read the situation; being unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation - from the initials of 空気（が）読めない - abbreviation ➜ 空気が読めない

adverb / ~と adverb:

• brightly lit; brightly lighted; lit up; lighted up

ichidan verb:

• to accuse; to rise up in judgment against (judgement)

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / intransitive verb:

• to grow; to grow up ➜ 長じる
• to be good at; to excel in ➜ 長じる

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be ruined; to fail; to undergo a break-up; to go bankrupt

noun:

• both (railway) tracks; (both) up and down tracks (lines)

noun / ~する noun:

• holding a castle (during a siege); holing up
• confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to polish (up); to dress up

noun / ~する noun:

• drafting (a plan, contract, etc.); drawing up

noun / ~する noun:

• preheat (oven, etc.); warm up (engine, etc.)

noun / ~の noun:

• young and energetic; up-and-coming - four character idiom

adverb / ~と adverb:

• sticking out prominently (usu. something long and thin); rising up - onomatopoeia

noun:

• passing a bone fragment from one pair of chopsticks to another while placing the remains of the deceased in a funerary urn; two people picking up the same bone fragment with chopsticks at the same time
• passing food from one pair of chopsticks to another (a breach of etiquette); two people picking up the same piece of food with chopsticks at the same time ➜ 拾い箸

expression / adjective:

• too busy to deal with; unable to keep up

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to support; to prop up

noun:

• a show; blood-stained mucus discharge that happens during pregnancy up to two weeks before delivery ➜ 破水
• signature mark (crest) used by members of the Imperial family to mark their belongings
• a sign (with honorific 'o') ➜ しるし

expression / adjective:

• unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation) ➜ 空気を読む